(Note from Lou: The WildSnow editors came up with this, so don’t blame me. Amazing what you can find out there on the web, isn’t it?)
Plain English
“The skiing today was nice, with ankle deep powder on a moderate slope in a pretty aspen forest.”
WildSnow.com
“The aspen forest scintillated with that special glow the early season delivers like the jingling sled of Santa has just pulled up outside your front door. You could blow the fluff off your hand like fairy dust, only this stuff was even more fun than pixie drugs. As I dropped every turn, feather crystals brushed my face like a caress of the gods, and I knew — this is my destiny!”
EpicSki.com
“The skiing today was very nice, with ankle deep powder on a moderate slope in a pretty aspen forest.”
TGR
“This was the gnar beyond gnar!!! The mags nailed it. Vibes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PSA for the PM gear is pure STOKE NSFW!”
Romeo
“The slope was steeper than I expected, around 80 degrees. I turned on my helmet cam and jumped in. The snow ranged from bulletproof ice, to boilerplate windpack, to breakable windslab, to head deep powder, and it was a good early season test of the skills. Stay hydrated and support my website by getting some Nuun hydration
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SkiSickness.com
“There are now no knights who sleep in the fields, exposed to the rigor of the heavens in full armor from head to foot. There is no one who snatches a nap, as they say, resting on his lance and with his feet on the stirrups as knights-errant did of old. There is no one now to sally forth from this wood and enter that mountain…”
StraightChuter.com
“Polly made the most of her maternity leave, but we saw a helicopter so I forgot about the powder (and the bun in the oven) and started shouting, then I took a little white pill and all was bitchin. Due to my jump turns, I couldn’t tell how deep the snow was, but that was bitchin because now I enjoy all aspects of backcountry skiing.”
TheVertBlog.com
While snow and skiing can result in terminology created everyday on the ever changing front of social play – what makes virality happen remains a bit of a dark science. There are emerging agencies that can help with virility, but nothing works as well as great unadulterated snow that is compelling, crowd sourced and a somewhat “sticky” viral loop.”
TelemarkTips.com
“OT- Should I get an MRI? Side effects?”
Colorado Avalanche Information Center
80% chance of 0-18 inches at, above and below tree line. Keep it smart out there, the snow and trees may look pretty, but they can kill you!
Dave Downing, filling in for Lou while he’s on Denali:
“Do these pinstripes match my outfit?”
(To be fair, the Editors would like to share these are paraphrases, otherwise known as intentional misquotes.)
While most of the WildSnow backcountry skiing blog posts are best attributed to a single author, some work well as done by the group.
